Thursday, February 11, 2016

Sydney: Hottest weekend of Summer and other top stories.

  • Sydney: Hottest weekend of Summer

    Sydney: Hottest weekend of Summer 11/02/2016 , 5:03 PM by Graham Creed If Sydney City reaches its forecast maximums of 30 and 31 Saturday and Sunday it will be the hottest weekend of Summer with only two other weekends recording similar but slightly lower maximums. More inland suburbs look likely to record the second warmest weekend with Penrith recording 38 and 40 on the weekend of 19/20 Dec and this weekend expecting tops of 35 and 37. There will be some cloud about ..
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  • Man, 92, accused of smuggling $1 million cocaine in soap bars has ...

    Man, 92, accused of smuggling $1 million cocaine in soap bars has ...
    Man, 92, accused of smuggling $1 million cocaine in soap bars has case dropped Updated February 12, 2016 12:36:06 The case against a 92-year-old man accused of trying to import $1 million worth of cocaine into Australia has been abandoned.Victor Twartz, from Sydney, was due to stand trial in the New South Wales District Court this month.The retired oral surgeon was arrested at Sydney Airport in July last year allegedly carrying 4.5 kilograms of the drug concealed in 27 ..
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  • Rudd tears into Australian racism: 'Booing Adam Goodes was bull...'

    Rudd tears into Australian racism: 'Booing Adam Goodes was bull...'
    Video Adelaide social experiment questions whether Australia is racist Eight years on from his historic apology to the Stolen Generations, former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Australia needs to face up to the fact that it has a racism problem.In a speech marking the anniversary, Mr Rudd said he was perhaps naive when he said five years ago that "racism was not at work" in the nation."Perhaps I was just wishing that the better angels of our nature had begun to prevail in a newly reconciled A..
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  • Superhero Iron Boy saves Sydney

    Superhero Iron Boy saves Sydney
    MARK COLVIN: It's a cynical world out there on social media and it's rare for a story to warm all hearts. But support for Iron Boy today seems to have been near unanimous.In case you've missed it, Iron Boy's real name is Domenic, he has cystic fibrosis, and he wants be a superhero.The Make-A-Wish Foundation, with help from the NSW Police, helped Domenic's dream come true on the streets of Sydney. Penny Timms reports. PENNY TIMMS: A superhero arrived on the streets of Sydney after an urgent ap..
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  • Secret recording contradicts Cuneen's claim she was joking: report

    Secret recording contradicts Cuneen's claim she was joking: report
    Just kidding...Margaret Cuneen. (AAP) A secret recording of Crown Prosecutor Margaret Cuneen saying she was joking when she told her son's girlfriend to "fake chest pains" to avoid a breathalyser test after a car crash has allegedly been contradicted by another recording played to a parliamentary inquiry.The recording made by the Australian Crime Commission was provided to NSW MPs yesterday after being tendered by Independent Commission Against Corruption chief Megan Latham, The Sydney Morning ..
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  • Barnaby Joyce elected Nationals leader

    Barnaby Joyce elected Nationals leader
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Joyce takes over Nationals to become new deputy PM Barnaby Joyce emerges as the new leader of the National Party following Warren Truss' exit, with Fiona Nash elected as his deputy. Courtesy ABC News 24. PT3M12S 620 349 Barnaby Joyce is Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as the Nationals new leader in a late evening meeting of the Nationals party in Canberra.His elevation, following the resignation of long-standin..
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  • Sydney lockout laws review to be headed by former High Court ...

    Sydney lockout laws review to be headed by former High Court ...
    Sydney lockout laws review to be headed by former High Court judge Ian Callinan QC Updated February 11, 2016 16:35:15 Former High Court judge Ian Callinan QC has been appointed to oversee a review into Sydney's lockout laws."The Callinan Review will provide an independent, open and transparent assessment of the state's liquor laws, focusing on the facts, to advise the New South Wales Government on the future of these laws," NSW Police Minister Troy Grant said."I encoura..
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  • Tabcorp pays $25 million for NSW Keno deal

    Tabcorp pays $25 million for NSW Keno deal
    Tabcorp pays $25 million for NSW Keno deal Wagering giant Tabcorp will make an upfront payment of $25 million to the New South Wales government after extended its licence for the lottery-like game of Keno until 2050. Photo: Brendan Esposito Wagering giant Tabcorp will make an upfront payment of $25 million to the New South Wales government after extending its licence for the lottery-like game of Keno to 2050.Tabcorp, which co-owns the NSW Keno licence with ..
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  • The story of one of Australia's longest serving prisoners

    The story of one of Australia's longest serving prisoners
    The story of one of Australia's longest serving prisoners By John Stewart, digital producer Brigid Andersen Updated February 12, 2016 12:56:00 Bobby Veen is a double murderer who has spent 40 of his 60 years of life in jail. He was released from prison last year after being diagnosed with cancer. This is the story of a life, institutionalised. Stolen from his familyBobby Veen is one of the Stolen Generations. He was taken from his family in Bourke when he was a b..
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